2013 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 76 - REAL PROPERTY
76-2228.01 - Trainee real property appraiser; applicant; qualifications; upgraded credential; requirements.

76-2228.01. Trainee real property appraiser; applicant; qualifications; upgraded credential; requirements.

(1) To qualify for a credential as a trainee real property appraiser, an applicant shall:

(a) Be at least nineteen years of age;

(b) Hold a high school diploma or a certificate of high school equivalency or have education acceptable to the board;

(c) Have successfully completed no fewer than seventy-five class hours in board-approved courses of study which relate to appraisal and which include completion of the fifteen-hour National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Course as approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board as of January 1, 2012, or the equivalent of the course as approved by the Real Property Appraiser Board. The fifteen-hour course shall be taught by a Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Instructor who is certified by the Appraiser Qualifications Board and who is a state-certified appraiser in good standing. The courses of study shall be conducted by an accredited, degree-awarding university, college, or community college, an appraisal society, institute, or association, a state or federal agency or commission, a proprietary school, or such other educational provider as may be approved by the Real Property Appraiser Board and shall be, at a minimum, fifteen class hours in length. Each course shall include an examination pertinent to the material presented. The applicant shall have completed the class hours within the five-year period immediately preceding submission of the application and shall have completed the fifteen-hour National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Course within the two-year period immediately preceding submission of the application;

(d) Be subject to direct supervision by a supervising appraiser or appraisers who are certified residential real property appraisers or certified general real property appraisers in good standing. The supervising appraiser shall be responsible for the training and direct supervision of the trainee by accepting responsibility for the appraisal report by signing and certifying the report is in compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, reviewing the trainee appraisal reports, and personally inspecting each appraised property with the trainee as is consistent with his or her scope of practice until the supervising appraiser determines the trainee is competent in accordance with the competency rule of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. The trainee shall maintain an appraisal log for each supervising appraiser in accordance with standards set by rule and regulation of the board; and

(e) Not have been convicted of any felony or, if so convicted, have had his or her civil rights restored.

(2) To qualify for an upgraded credential, a trainee real property appraiser shall satisfy at least one of the appropriate requirements as follows:

(a) For a credential as a licensed residential real property appraiser, he or she shall (i) complete seventy-five additional hours of designated core curriculum education and (ii) meet the experience requirements pursuant to subdivision (1)(d) of section 76-2230;

(b) For a credential as a certified residential real property appraiser, he or she shall (i) complete one hundred twenty-five additional hours of designated core curriculum education, (ii) meet the experience requirements pursuant to subdivision (1)(d) of section 76-2231.01, and (iii) meet the postsecondary educational requirements pursuant to subdivision (1)(b)(i) or (ii) of section 76-2231.01; or

(c) For a credential as a certified general real property appraiser, he or she shall (i) complete two hundred twenty-five additional hours of designated core curriculum education, (ii) meet the experience requirements pursuant to subdivision (1)(d) of section 76-2232, and (iii) meet the postsecondary educational requirements pursuant to subdivision (1)(b)(i) or (ii) of section 76-2232.

(3) If a trainee real property appraiser remains in the classification in excess of two years, the trainee shall be required in the third and successive years to successfully complete no fewer than fourteen hours of instruction in courses or seminars for each year of the period preceding the renewal and shall have completed the seven-hour National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Update Course, as the course existed on January 1, 2012, or the equivalent of the course as approved by the Real Property Appraiser Board, at a minimum of every two years. The courses of study shall be conducted by an accredited, degree-awarding university, college, or community college, an appraisal society, institute, or association, a state or federal agency or commission, a proprietary school, or such other educational provider as may be approved by the board. Credit may be granted for educational offerings and for participation other than as a student as approved by the board.

(4) The application for a credential as a trainee real property appraiser shall include the applicant's social security number and such other information as the board may require.

Source

Laws 2006, LB 778, § 49;
Laws 2007, LB186, § 12;
Laws 2010, LB931, § 10;
Laws 2012, LB714, § 4.